Bruno Mars, is an American-Filipino singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and choreographer. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age and performed in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood. He graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career.
Throughout his singing career, he has sold over 100 million singles and albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. Mars has landed six number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 since his career launched in 2010 attaining his first five faster than any male artist since Elvis Presley.
在他的歌唱生涯中,他在全球范圍內(nèi)賣出了超過1億張單曲和專輯,這也使得他成為最暢銷的藝術(shù)家之一。Mars在Billboard Hot 100榜單中獲得了六首冠軍單曲,從他2010年推出個人首張專輯之后,是貓王之后的在五年內(nèi)發(fā)展最迅速的男歌手。
"Uptown Funk" (stylised as "UpTown Funk!") is a song recorded by British producer Mark Ronson, and American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, for Ronson's fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015). RCA Records released the song as the album's lead single on 10 November 2014.
The single received generally positive reviews from music critics, who noted its similarity with popular music from the 1980s. It won both its Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
The song was also a global commercial success, spending fourteen consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, seven non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and topped the charts in several other countries including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland and New Zealand.
這首歌還獲得了全球范圍內(nèi)的商業(yè)成功,連續(xù)14周位處美國的Billboard Hot 100榜單的冠軍位置,獲得了英國單曲榜不連續(xù)的7周冠軍,同時也在其余國家獲得了第一名,包括澳大利亞,加拿大,法國,愛爾蘭和新西蘭。